What is a Cefiro?

[growler_south]

Ah I love those clever japanese engineers and their reliance on plastic parts. Like the clippy bits that hold the power window mechanism of, say, a Nissan Cefiro together. The power window motor is capable of producing a good 30 Newtons, so presuming you were going to take all this force on a 3mm clip, youd be silly to use anything other than Polyethylene. I imagine the engineers considered using wet cardboard but that would be a clear case of overengineering.

Its now repaired properly, held together with some twisted tie-wire and a lot of wishful thinking.

And no, I didnt break it, it broke itself ages ago. I did, however, almost kill us all by becoming supremely distracted just as I entered a roundabout, causing no end of alarmed looks, quavery voices, and a trip straight to the supermarket to buy a bucket of StJohn's wort. Whoops.

Comments

[pa747sp.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, they have been taking lessons from the British. Remember the Rover? Apparently it was not necessary to construct a flange that the fan belt travelled over of anything more than slightly beefed-up aluminium foil. Of course, when it (inevitably) failed, the whole thing ground to a halt, because it was some how intimately connected with every other pump process in the engine.

And the Rover mechanics? What did they have to say? "Yeh, this happens all the time". Bear in mind, when we bought ours they had been in production for at least 5 years.

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

K-series engine introduced in '89 and still in production- muck-metal tensioner flange and all...

[pa747sp.livejournal.com]

K - as in Krap?

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

Its a clever design with its ladder-frame main bearing structure, long through bolts and good breathing, in fact its a fantastic engine- its the quality control that lets it down. Good old BL eh...